On the 21st of September, Native American activist Louise Thundercloud gave this interview by the White House barricades condemning the Pope's plans to canonize Junipero Serra, founder of  California's Indian mission system. For Native Americans, his missions meant forced labor and forced religious conversion. Escapees faced floggings and even brandings with hot irons. Now Pope Francis plans to declare this man a saint for the number of conversions of Native Americans to Christianity his missions were responsible for

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